[Scottish] Which ISP - It's that time again

[Robert Lazzurs]

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:28, Brett Sheffield <brett at gladserv.com> wrote:
> Rodti MacLeary wrote:
>> On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:16:40 +0100, Colin Speirs
>> <c.speirs at equus.orangehome.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Any recommendations for a ISP for home Broadband that won't have me
>> cursing
>>> through unnecessary lag when gaming?
>>
>> I usually recommend Be (bethere.co.uk) if you can get their service at your
>> exchange.  They're excellent for gaming (and will enable a special gaming
>> 'profile' on your line on request), and very reasonably priced with no
>> throttling or bandwidth limits.  My only minor quibble is that their call
>> centre is in Bulgaria and everyone there sounds like Dracula.
>
> :-)
>
> You can also get Be lines through AAISP (Andrews and Arnold) now, if you
> want clueful UK support on either a BT or Be line.

+1 for AAISP, generally an awesome and clueful bunch.

Be generally have a good rep but as always things seem to be slipping.
 Putting a good company like AAISP in the middle should shield you
from those issues.

I also highly recommend if internet at home is important to you to
have back of some sort, *all* providers have downtime :)